October 13th, 2005 issue #0441

Four-wheel drive is recommended to get up the driveway. The front yard around the 1917 farmhouse needs mowing, and if the lawn looks a tad untidy, that's because state Senator Creigh Deeds hasn't been home to Millboro Springs for the past 12 days.
Cats keep popping up to greet him as he strolls to the barn, and 10 equines graze in a field on his 13-acre farm that looks up at Rough Mountain across the road. This is the first summer Deeds hasn't had time to plant a garden.